D’Souza’s “Rage” a Middling Psychoanalysis
Dinesh D’Souza ’83 (and former Review editor) is currently the president of King’s College in New York City.By Elizabeth Reynolds Barack Obama’s first book, a…
Arts & Culture
Glenn Beck’s 8-Step Program to Recovery
By Michael L. Klein “We are perhaps too much inclined to think that [external invasion] is the only way a civilization can die,” writes Alexis…
Franzen’s False Cry of “Freedom”
By Melanie Wilcox Critically acclaimed American author Jonathan Franzen gained widespread attention from his 2001 novel, The Corrections, which earned him a National Book Award. …
Lewis’s “Big Short” Long on Entertainment
Michael Lewis, former Salomon Brothers trader and author of The Big Short (W.W. Norton). Image courtesy of Wokay.com.By Ke Ding Since the fateful and stunning…
Book Review: Sorkin’s First Rate Wall Street Autopsy
By Coleman E. Shear The strength of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s blow-by-blow account of the financial crisis as it unfolded from 2007 to 2009 is that…
Dartmouth’s Newest Buildings
An artist’s rendering of the new Life Sciences Center, still under construction.By Benjamin M. Riley The Dartmouth campus has a few features which one might…
Frank Stella Fulfills Montgomery Fellowship in Style
Stella’s “Irregular Polygons” are currently on exhibit at the Hood.By Benjamin M. Riley Dartmouth’s Montgomery Fellowship Program, part of the Montgomery Endowment, has historically been…
Virtuoso Valdés Shows How It’s Done
Chucho Valdes, shown here at the London Jazz Festival, founded the Cuban group Irakere in 1972.By William D. Aubin Watching Chucho Valdés, the man called…
Calloway Disappointing on Ledger Art
“Mountain Chief, Blackfeet War Leader,” an example of Native American ledger art currently on display at the Hood Museum. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Mehling ’68)By…
A 25th Birthday Celebration at the Hood
By Benjamin M. Riley The Hood, built in 1985, was designed by acclaimed architect Charles Willard Moore. The Hood Museum of Art claims to be…